Research Article
Clinicopathologic Significance of CXCL12 and CXCR4 Expressions in Patients with Colorectal Cancer
Table 2
Association of expression level of CXCL12 and CXCR4 and clinicopathological characters.
| Factor | CXCL12 level | value | CXCR4 level | value |
| Sex | Men | 7.48 | 0.12 | 5.76 | 0.62 | Women | 12.05 | 6.60 | Age | Younger (≤55 years) | 10.29 | 0.32 | 6.20 | 0.86 | Older (>55 years) | 7.63 | 5.91 | Clinical stage | II | 6.87 | 0.15 | 5.90 | 0.83 | III | 11.46 | 6.76 | IV | 13.35 | | 5.34 | | Locations | Colon | 7.78 | 0.04 | 5.93 | 0.71 | Rectum | 16.36 | 6.7 | Tumour differentiation | Well differentiation | 7.58 | 0.69 | 17.50 | 0.43 | Moderate differentiation | 9.96 | 16.97 | Poor differentiation | 9.39 | 9.83 | Angioinvasion | No invasion | 11.97 | 0.24 | 7.04 | 0.07 | With invasion | 7.60 | 3.72 | Lymphatic invasion | No invasion | 14.06 | 0.28 | 6.27 | 0.02 | With invasion | 9.29 | 4.74 | Perineural invasion | No invasion | 11.04 | 0.61 | 6.27 | 0.47 | With invasion | 8.97 | 4.74 | Clinical outcome | Good | 8.60 | 0.78 | 7.01 | 0.24 | Poor | 9.35 | | 5.15 | |
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